May 27 – “How wonderful it is to be alive, one can even complain” is a verses by Patrizia Cavalli, one of the most intense voices of contemporary Italian poetry, author of numerous appreciated collections. Cavalli will be the protagonist of a meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 4 (at 6pm) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest, as part of the series “Poesia che passione.” Endre Szkárosi (from Elte University in Budapest) is scheduled to attend, Patrizia Cavalli was born in Todi and lives in Rome. Among her published poetry collections there are: “Le mie poesie non cambieranno il mondo” (1974), “Il cielo” (1981), “Poesie 1974-1992” (Einaudi, 1992), “L’io singolare proprio mio” (Einaudi, 1999), “Sempre aperto teatro” (Einaudi, 1999), “Pigre divinità e pigra sorte” (Einaudi, 2006) “Datura” (Einaudi, 2013). She also translates fiction and drama from English and French. Among her translations, there are: “Anfitrione” by Moliere and “Sogno di una notte d’estate” by Shakespeare. Along with Diana Tejera, she published a book and a musical CD entitled “Al cuore fa bene far le scale” (Voland 2012).
